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dag-villr, adj. 'day-wild,' i. e. not knowing what day it is, K. Á. 190, N. G. L. i. 342.
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VILLR, adj. [Ulf. wilþeis = GREEK; A.S., Engl., and Germ. wild; O.H.G. wildi; Dan.-Swed. vild] :-- wild; hverfa af villum götum, from wild (false) paths, Sks. 4. 2. bewildered, erring, astray; þeir urðu villir á hvára hönd þeim sjór skyldi liggja, Landn. 215 (Hb.); þá ferr þú eigi villr, 625. 75; bera e-t villt upp, to report it wrong, Trist.; dag-villr, N.G.L. i. 400; villr á mörkum, Fms. iii. 56. 3. with gen., þá varð ek villr vega, Hm. 46; villr ertú vegarins, Fas. iii. (in a verse); en þeir villir fari sinna heimhama, Hm. 156; fara daga villt, to confuse the days, to take e.g. Thursday for Friday; also verða daga-viltr; so also átta viltr, confused as to the 'airts' or quarters of heaven, e.g. whether south or east. 4. neut., fara villt, to go astray, Fb. i. 131.
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